Princesa Isabel por Carneiro e Gaspar

SUBALBUM: Princess Isabel of Brasil

Did you think you would see an image of a Great Emancipator here? Lincoln? Wilburforce? They wore pants! While Emperor Pedro II was on the road, Isabelle was regent. On one such occasion, she emancipated slaves in Brasil in 1888 by signing the Lei Aurea, or Golden Law. As a result, she is known as Isabel the Redemptress. This put the monarchy between reactionary society and disgruntled progressives. Tea anybody? The Brasilian monarchy was deposed by military coup the following year. Her Wikipedia article is here.